She carried on regardless, seemingly unaware of the technology fault that had ruined the show.

And the Girls Aloud star hit out at those ridiculing her performance, tweeting afterwards: ‘I really dn’t feel upset abt the tec issues during my performance and chat.. I just hope every1 commenting on it has done their part 4 the cause.’

A spokesman for Channel 4 said: ‘Unfortunately with the nature of live TV you sometimes have glitches and this was the case with Cheryl’s mic in the opening number and it was rectified as soon as possible.’

The Call My Name hitmaker said afterwards that she hoped those slamming her on Twitter had donated to the cause (Picture: YouTube)

It capped a busy day for the former X Factor judge, who earlier yesterday had joined her Girls Aloud bandmates to confirm the group will release a greatest hits album entitled Ten and complete a UK tour to celebrate a decade together.